I felt the same way about Granderson. I didnt think he warranted first round consideration and maybe not even 2nd round either in a 12 teamer. That avg is a concern as well as the big dip in SB's. Like I said in my 1st post, there are many other "safer" players I prefer over the Grandy man so early in the draft. I guess that its a good thing that many people are picking him so early, leaving other players for me to pick up...Muah ha ha.

I dont think Id take him inside the top 15 either but in the late 2nd round how can you argue with a floor of 35/90/95/10? And a ceiling of somewhere around 40/110/110/25?Its possible his average jumps back up inothe .260ish range as well

I'm not a big fan of Granderson at 14 but he certainly shouldn't be going into the 3rd round in a 14 team league either. He probably slots in around picks 20-28 depending on what you need and what your plans are for the next pick.

ou are indeed a man of your word. You took Granderson 15th in the Cafe's Slow Mock. I was then intrigued/surprised to see that you took 5 OF with your first 5 picks:

His first 4 picks in the latest draft I'm in with him were Bautista, Granderson, Teix, BJ Upton so yeah he definitely practices what he preaches! Might be 2200 AB of sub .250 AVG right there. I on the other hand passed on Upton and Zobrist because I drafted Bruce and didn't want 2 AVG anchor's. I can't say I fully agree with ignoring AVG early, I think AVG and R are usually the underrated stats of fantasy baseball and the easier places to game the system on offense.

ou are indeed a man of your word. You took Granderson 15th in the Cafe's Slow Mock. I was then intrigued/surprised to see that you took 5 OF with your first 5 picks:

His first 4 picks in the latest draft I'm in with him were Bautista, Granderson, Teix, BJ Upton so yeah he definitely practices what he preaches! Might be 2200 AB of sub .250 AVG right there. I on the other hand passed on Upton and Zobrist because I drafted Bruce and didn't want 2 AVG anchor's. I can't say I fully agree with ignoring AVG early, I think AVG and R are usually the underrated stats of fantasy baseball and the easier places to game the system on offense.

ayebatter wrote:Nobody's fantasy team ever end's up with as good or as bad a batting average as they project. I'm gonna own Granderson in every league I can after the 14th pick.

And if you look at that draft as a whole I stated that I'd have been satisfied with anything projected over .270 and ended up at .275 (my projections), and GF had me at .277 with his. Go back to your leagues last year and tell me that .275-.277 wouldn't have been at least middle to upper reaches of batting average for your league.

Batting average is pretty easily the least predictable stat. Homeruns are pretty easily the most predictable. Those guys are falling further than they should because of age bias and that people are scared by low averages. Ayebatters draft looks pretty good to me.